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Department of the Treasury. Established: Like the State Department, the Department of the Treasury was formally established by the First Congress of the United States in 1789. First Secretary: Alexander Hamilton served under Washington from 1789-1795.
The department as we know it now, a cabinet-level agency, was created by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into law in 1979. The department officially opened in 1980 and started with an annual budget of $12 billion.